Ilse Knight

Ilse Knight, 87, passed from this life on June 27, 2015 after complications from a fall. She was born Dec. 12, 1927 in Neviges, Germany to Ernst Erich Tang and Friederike Murach Tang. In 1951 she moved to Wildflecken, Germany where she lived and worked until she married May 4, 1959. After that she moved to Olympia, Washington where she operated a hair salon. She moved to the Flathead Valley with her husband Ralph Knight in 1980. They purchased a little home by the river where they enjoyed fishing together. Many fishermen who passed by their home became lifelong friends. She and Ralph successfully hunted deer and antelope in eastern Montana. She was especially proud of the Boone and Crockett ram she bagged in the Thompson Falls area.

Ilse was very sociable and often had friends sitting at her kitchen table enjoying her good cooking and an interesting story from Ilse's life. She is preceded in death by her husband, Ralph, in 1992. She is survived by a niece from Germany, Monika Pressentin and her husband, Dieter. A memorial will be held in Ilse's honor at her home on Friday July 10, 2015 at 6 p.m. Please bring a memory of Ilse to share and a lawn chair.

"When you remember me don't feel sorry, but have the courage to talk about me. Let me have a seat between you same as I had in Life."  - Ilse Knight.

Arrangements are entrusted to Columbia Mortuary.